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JOHN THOMAS ALEXANDER, OF ARLINGTON, KENTUCKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,060, dated October1, 1889.

pplication led June 22, 1889i Serial No. 315,22()l (No model.) .f

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN THOMAS ALEXAN DER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Arlington, in the county of Carlisle and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBce-Hives; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbee-hives; and it has for its object to provide a device of thischaracter in which provision shall be made for excluding ies and mothsfrom the interior of the hive, and providing two set-s of gums-oneinclosed within the other-providing better protection for the bees inwinter, and rendering the removal and replacing of the gums much easier.

The invention consists in the peculiar combination, and theconstruction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fullyhereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularlypointed out in the appended claim. s

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, forni a part ofthis specification, and in whichm Figure l is a central verticallongitudinal section through a bee-hive constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is aver tical section through the line @c c of Fig.l.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates thelegs or supports of the hive.

The hive B is of any suitable shape, preferably substantially square, asshown in the drawings; but of course the shape will vary with thecircumstances and desires of the maker.

Beneath the bottom proper o. of the hive there is a chamber b, having aglass bottom c and a removable rear end d, provided upon its under sidewith a suitable thumbdaold e, as shown in Fig. l, to aid in the removalthereof when necessary. This chamber serves as a mothtrap. Being muchlighter than the bee-entrance, the moths will be attracted by the lightand consequently will enter the said chamber rather than the hive.

C is an extension to the front of the hive, and running through thisextension is the tube D for the entrance of the bees, the said tube orpassage being preferably divided by the partition f, as shown. Thebottom of this tube or passageway is extended beyond the front of theextension O to form a sort of platform g, on which the bees may alight.Beneath this platform there is an opening h into the chamber b,a chamber'i being formed in the extension O around the tube or pas- Sage D, asshown.

E is the lower case, of such a size as to loosely fit the chamber orspace within the hive B, and provided with a suitable opening or passagej in its front wall at the lower end thereof. When the inner case is inposition, as shown, this opening j is coincident with the tube orpassage-way I), so that bees entering the said tube or passageway canreadily enter the said case. Vithin this case aresuitahle bars 7.1,which serve to brace the sides and serve also as rests for the bees. Tothe top of this case is secured a suitable handle F, projectingupwardly, as shown in Fig. 2. By means of this handle the inner case maybe readily taken out or put in place. In the upper portion of this caseare provided suitable holes or passage-ways Z, which affordcommunication with the uppercases G', which are made separate from thelower case and from each other, and are provided in their bottoms withsuitable openings or passages m, which, when the cases are in place, aredesigned to be coincident with the holes in the top of the lower case.The handle on the lower case finds space between the upper cases, asshown in Fig. 2.

The front ends of the upper cases are of glass, as shown at n, so as toafford inspec tion of the interior thereof when desired.

Around the exterior of the hive, near the top thereof, is a rail orledge o, designed to support the removable cover H, the bottom edge ofwhich rests on said ledge.

IVhat I claim Vas new isad In a bee-hive, the combination, with thehive, of the extension O, having an inlet-tube D and a mothfpassage h17, the glass secured hereunto subscribed In beneath the bottom properof said hive and venee o f two Witnesses. forming a. chamber b,communicating with the y name .in the vprefs'- passage h t', and aremovable rear side to said JOHN THOMAS ALEXANDER' 5 chamber,substantially as and for the purpose Witnesses:

specified.

HARVY SHOEMAKER, In testimony that I claim the above I have S. W. DUNN.

